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Beebe Healthcare honors Tunnell Cancer Center volunteers

Tunnell Cancer volunteers
Sharing a moment together are (l-r) Clare Wilson, cancer care coordinator; Cynthia Gooch-Copley, volunteer and patient; and Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown. Gooch-Copley shared her story of showing up at Tunnell Cancer Center, and a volunteer was the first person with whom she came in contact.
Steven Billups
May 1, 2018
Tunnell Cancer volunteers
Barry Hamp, executive director of the Tunnell Cancer Center, thanked the assembled volunteers and asked them to start thinking about how they might like to serve patients in the forthcoming South Coastal location.
Tunnell Cancer volunteers
State Rep. Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown, shares a passage from her House resolution recognizing National Volunteer Week.
Tunnell Cancer volunteers
The Rev. Alberta Smith from Williams Chapel Church in Bridgeville sang “Wind Beneath my Wings,” bringing tears to the volunteers, many of whom are cancer survivors.
Tunnell Cancer volunteers
Volunteers from PAWS for People pet therapy team gather for a photo. Shown in back are (l-r) Carolyn Cunnion and Jon Stolson. In front are Cindy Stolson and Andrew Hertzberg.
Tunnell Cancer volunteers
Socilaizing after the luncheon are (l-r) Marie Sarne, volunteer; Carol Hunt, Oncology Service Line coordinator; Rusty Rodgers, volunteer; and Ed Harner, volunteer.
Tunnell Cancer volunteers
Volunteer Barbara Brown, left, accepts her recognition certificate from Lee Halloran, volunteer service manager.
Tunnell Cancer volunteers
Volunteer and cancer survivor Grant Kingwell smiles as he is presented with his certificate and pin from Lee Halloran, volunteer service manager.

Beebe Healthcare held a luncheon for the Tunnell Cancer Center volunteers April 20 at the center conference room at the Route 24 campus. The luncheon coincided with National Volunteer Week.

Certificates of Appreciation were presented to all of the volunteers. Volunteers provide a wide array of services, from helping patients get comfortable in the infusion suite to styling their wigs and giving them some of their confidence back, bolstering the patient experience.

State Rep. Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown, shared a passage from her House resolution recognizing National Volunteer Week, and shared a story exemplifying the tremendous impact volunteers have on patients. She summarized her emotions in the old truism, “Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.”

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